A hallmark of our practice is our commitment to ensuring clients are fully informed of and trained on applicable employment and labour related laws and best practices.
We strongly believe the most effective way to assist our clients is to partner with them in training and educating their management teams. We customize every training program to meet and exceed the needs of our clients, including for example: interactive seminars, role playing, self-taught training material, workbooks and hand-outs, situational analysis, and “how to” approaches to workplace issues. We always look for opportunities to enable our clients to take over the training programs directly so that their own leaders advance their skills and knowledge.
We have presented seminars, workshops and training on virtually every workplace-related subject, including (but not limited to):
Labour Law
- How to prepare for arbitration
- How to prepare for collective bargaining
- Investigations
- The principles of progressive discipline
- Dispute resolution protocols
- Return to work policies and procedures
- Best practices to remain “union free”
- Employer free speech
Employment Law
- Violence, harassment and crime in the workplace
- IT-related workplace misconduct
- Codes of conduct/ethics
- Workplace romance
- Privacy
- Workplace investigations
- Employment contracts, including executive contracts
- Best practices for hiring and firing
- Independent contractor relationships
- Wrongful and constructive dismissal
- Pandemic planning
- Restrictive covenants
- Employee issues in corporate restructuring
Human Rights and Accommodation
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
- Managing employee disability and medical absenteeism
- Bill 168 compliance
- Diversity awareness
- Duty to accommodate
- Investigations
- Illness and disability issues
- Attendance management
- Biometrics
Workplace Safety & Insurance
- Claims management
- Accident investigation protocols
- Experience rating
- Return to work programs
- Handling appeals
- How to conduct a self-audit
Occupational Health & Safety
- Joint health and safety committee rights and obligations
- Accident investigation protocols
- The components of a due diligence defence
- Bill 168 compliance
- Bill C-45 compliance
- Violence, harassment and crime in the workplace
- How to conduct a self-audit
- How to respond to a Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development audit